Box that contained braids and hair extensions

Inv. no. :

Suppl. 8477

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

31 cm x 22 cm x 53 cm

Date:

1425–1353 BCE

Period:

New Kingdom

Dynasty:

Eighteenth Dynasty

Reign:

Amenhotep II / Tuthmosis IV / Amenhotep III

Provenance:

Deir el-Medina / tomb of Kha (TT8)

Acquisition:

Excavation Ernesto Schiaparelli, 1906

Museum location:

Museum / Floor 1 / Room 07 / Showcase 10

Selected bibliography:

Caramello, Sara, Funny inscriptions on some coffers of the tomb of Kha, in Alessandro Mengozzi and Mauro Tosco (eds), Sounds and words though the ages: Afroasiatic studies from Turin, Alessandria 2013, p. 284.
Tipo=Monografia SottoTipo=Estratto Autore=Caramello, Sara Titolo=Funny inscriptions on some coffers of the tomb of Kha Sottotiolo=Alessandro Mengozzi and Mauro Tosco (eds) In=Sounds and words though the ages: Afroasiatic studies from Turin Collana= Opera= Luogo=Alessandria Anno=2013 Menzionato=p. 284 Illustrazione=

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